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Business News of Friday, 23 July 2010

Source: GNA

All Share Index inches up slightly after consistent decline

Accra, July 23, GNA - The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-Share Index, the main market indicator, went up 1.14 points to close Friday trading at 6,246.91 points.
The Index from Monday to Thursday declined from 6,289.24 points to 6,245.77 points. The Change Year to Date was 12.11 points.
Traded volume was 290,153 shares valued at GH¢584,671.57. Of the 16 equities that sold shares, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) led the pack with 82,300 shares valued at GH¢11,541.00.
On the broader market, there were nine price changes, five negatives and four positives.
Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP); Cal Bank Limited (CAL); Ecobank Ghana Limited (EBG); Ghana Commercial Bank Limited (GCB) and UT Bank Limited (UTB) lost GH¢0.01 each to close trading at GH¢0.74; GH¢0.25; GH¢2.98; GH¢1.48 and GH¢0.26 in that order.
Fan Milk Ghana Limited led the gainers with a price increase of GH¢0.33 to close trading at GH¢7.33; while HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited (HFC); Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited (SCB) and SG-SSB Limited (SG-SSB) appreciated by GH¢0.01 each to close trading at GH¢0.56; GH¢42.73 and GH¢0.55 respectively.
Market Capitalisation was GH¢18,170.37 million from 17.48 million issued shares.
The following are the closing prices of equities in Ghana Cedis: Equities Share Code Closing Price in GH¢
Accra Brewery Ltd ABL 0.08
African Champion Industries Ltd ACI 0.09
Anglo Gold Ashanti AGA 34.00
Aluworks Limited ALW 0.29
Ayrton Drug Man. Ltd. AYRTN 0.16
Benso Oil Palm Plantation BOPP 0.74 -0.01
Cal Bank Limited CAL 0.25 -0.01
CFAO Ghana Limited CFAO 0.03
Clydestone Ghana Ltd CLYD 0.07
Camelot Ghana Limited CMLT 0.16
Cocoa Processing Com Ltd CPC 0.02
Ecobank Ghana Ltd EBG 2.98 -0.01
Enterprise Insurance Co. Ltd EIC 1.30
Ecobank Transnational Inc. ETI 0.14
Fan Milk Limited FML 7.33 +0.33
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd GCB 1.48 -0.01
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd GGBL 1.56
Ghana Oil Company GOIL 0.25
Golden Star Resources GSR 3.50
Golden Web Ltd GWEB 0.05
HFC Bank Ltd HFC 0.56 +0.01
Mechanical Lloyd Co. Ltd MLC 0.17
Pioneer Kitchenware Ltd PKL 0.07
Produce Buying Company PBC 0.13
PZ Cussons Ghana Ltd PZC 1.10
Standard Chart Bank Gh. Ltd SCB 42.73 +0.01
SIC Insurance Company Limited SIC 0.37
Starwin Products Limited SPL 0.05
SG-SSB Limited SG-SSB 0.55 +0.01
Sam Woode Limited SWL 0.02
Trust Bank Ltd (Gambia) TBL 1.33
TOTAL Petroleum Ghana Ltd TOTAL 8.25
Transaction Solutions Gh. Ltd TRANSOL 0.07
Unilever Ghana Ltd UNIL 3.56
UT Bank Limited UTB 0.26 -0.01
AngloGold Ashanti Depository Shares AADS 0.36
Standard Chartered Bank Preference Shares 0.52